Python script to convert from UTF-8 to ASCII [duplicate]

Answer 1

data="UTF-8 DATA"
udata=data.decode("utf-8")
asciidata=udata.encode("ascii","ignore")

Answer 2

UTF-8 is a superset of ASCII. Either your UTF-8 file is ASCII, or it can't be converted without loss.

Answer 3

import codecs

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fichier = codecs.open(filePath, "r", encoding="utf-8")

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fichierTemp = codecs.open("tempASCII", "w", encoding="ascii", errors="ignore")
fichierTemp.write(contentOfFile)

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